Txotx season
2025 txotx season: Gure Zirkua opens the new vintage in Astigarraga
The 2025 cider house season is already under way, and this year the opening ceremony will have a unique touch.
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News and the season
What’s happening in the cider houses and around cider: the txotx season, festivals, awards and cider culture.
Txotx season
The 2025 cider house season is already under way, and this year the opening ceremony will have a unique touch.
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Txotx season
The season will officially begin on 15 January with the traditional opening ceremony at the Alorrenea cider house in Astigarraga.
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Txotx season
On 15 January, Astigarraga will host the thirty-second Sagardo Berriaren Eguna (New Cider Day), the event that marks the start of the 2025 txotx season.
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Txotx season
Hundreds of txotx fans head to Hernani or Astigarraga for a round of drinks before lunch and then carry on the party afterwards
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The mayors of Hernani and Astigarraga met officials from the institutions to address the collateral damage of this activity
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Txotx season
Astigarraga and Hernani launch a joint awareness campaign for the txotx season
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Txotx season
Both mayors are asking the Provincial Council to set up an institutional round table on the cider season
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Txotx season
Actress and theatre director Itziar Lazkano was the ambassador at yesterday’s opening at the Uxarte cider house in Amorebieta
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Txotx season
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Txotx season
Iñigo Etxezarreta, guitarist with the band ETS, opened the Gipuzkoa txotx season this Tuesday at the Alorrenea cider house in Astigarraga. With the traditional cry of “Gure sagardo berria” (“Our new cider”), the popular musician opened the first kupela (cask) and took the first sip of the season.
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Txotx season
Basque cider houses have their kupelas (casks) ready to start a new season that has everything it needs to be a success. Although it has not reached the record figures of 2019, the harvest has been very plentiful, and cider makers are encouraging people to come and visit their cellars, but not only at Saturday lunchtime.
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A total of 244 coaches have arrived at the cider houses since the start of the season, dozens of them from Navarre, and around a hundred fines have been issued for urinating in public
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